TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - Indiana State swimming and diving closes out the 2024 calendar year on the road as the Sycamores head to Fort Myers, Fla. for the Eagles Holiday Splash hosted by Florida Gulf Coast at the FGCU Aquatics Complex on Thursday, December 19. Events are set to start at 10 a.m. with live results available through Meet Mobile.
 
The Sycamores are one of four teams in competition over the weekend at FGCU as Indiana State will take on host Florida Gulf Coast, Tulane, and UNC Asheville over the one-day event at the outdoor facility.
 
Indiana State is back in the pool for the first time since the Miami (Ohio) Invite over December 5-7 when the Sycamores got their first taste of what the 2025 Missouri Valley Conference Championships would look like with events spread over the three days in Oxford, Ohio.
 
The Sycamores excelled posting 14 new school records (several broken multiple times), as well as six event wins over the weekend meet at the Corwin M. Nixon Aquatic Center. New marks in the 50, 200, 500, 1000, and 1650-yard Freestyle, 100-yard Back, 200-yard Fly, 200-yard IM, and the 400-yard Freestyle and Medley Relays all went down, while Claire Parsons became just the second Sycamore swimmer to earn an NCAA B-Cut time in program history in the 1650 over the weekend.
 
Erin Cummins took home Indiana State's first win over the weekend setting a school-record in the 500-yard Freestyle on the opening day of the meet. Alexandria Cotter followed up taking the win in the 400-yard IM, while Sahara Visscher, Parsons, Peyton Heagy, and Cummins took the victory in the 800-yard Freestyle Relay. Saturday's finale featured Ali Pearson (200 Breast), Parsons (1650 Free), and the 400-yard Freestyle Relay of Chloe Farro, Visscher, Cummins, and Kaleigh Kelley taking the win in the final event of the weekend.
 
The Sycamores swept the Valley's weekly award winners with Parsons (Swimmer), Gemma Dilks (Freshman), and Daniela Orta Castaneda (Diver) claiming the awards. It marked Parsons and Orta Castaneda's first honors of the week, while Dilks took Freshman honors for the second time in the season.
 
Indiana State boasts a number of athletes that sit among the conference Top 10 leaders in multiple events through their first two meets of the regular season including conference leaders Erin Cummins (500 Free), Claire Parsons (1000 & 1650 Free) and Gemma Dilks (200 Fly). The Sycamores also boast the fastest time in the 800-yard Freestyle Relay.

• 50-yard Free: Kaleigh Kelley (22.82, 3rd), Raine Boles (23.14, 8th)
• 100-yard Free: Chloe Farro (50.00, 4th)
• 200-yard Free: Erin Cummins (1:47.98, 2nd), Claire Parsons (1:49.30, 6th), Sahara Visscher (1:50.12, 8th), Chloe Farro (1:50.29, 10th)
• 500-yard Free: Erin Cummins (4:47.51, 1st), Claire Parsons (4:47.59, 2nd), Maria Saldana Riebeling (4:52.09, 4th), Haley Halsall (4:57.90, 10th)
• 1000-yard Free: Claire Parsons (9:57.49, 1st), Erin Cummins (10:08.71, 2nd), Maria Saldana Riebeling (10:14.70, 7th), Gemma Dilks (10:19.45, 10th)
• 1650-yard Free: Claire Parsons (16:31.28, 1st), Erin Cummins (16:56.25, 3rd), Maria Saldana Riebeling (16:57.98, 5th), Gemma Dilks (17:09.05, 9th)
• 100-yard Back: Sahara Visscher (54.65, 4th)
• 200-yard Back: Claire Parsons (2:01.64, 7th)
• 100-yard Breast: Ali Pearson (1:02.11, 4th), Kaleigh Kelley (1:03.18, 9th)
• 200-yard Breast: Ali Pearson (2:15.41, 3rd), Dorotea Bukvic (2:15.52, 4th), Kaleigh Kelley (2:17.23, 9th), Alexandria Cotter (2:17.92, 10th)
• 100-yard Fly: Raine Boles (54.64, 5th), Kaleigh Kelley (54.94, 7th)
• 200-yard Fly: Gemma Dilks (2:00.21, 1st), Sophia Diaz (2:02.02, 4th), Haley Halsall (2:02.91, 6th)
• 200-yard IM: Alexandria Cotter (2:01.40, 3rd), Gemma Dilks (2:02.60, 8th)
• 400-yard IM: Alexandria Cotter (4:19.49, 3rd), Gemma Dilks (4:20.01, 4th), Dorotea Bukvic (4:26.73, 9th)
• 800-yard Freestyle Relay: 7:20.22, 1st

Thursday Event Schedule
200 Medley Relay, 500 Free, 200 IM, 75 Back, 75 Breast, 75 Fly, 75 Free, 200 Back, 50 Free, 50 Breast, 50 Fly, 50 Back, 200 Fly, 25 Back, 25 Breast, 25 Fly, 25 Free, 200 Breast, 4x25 Free relay, 3-Meter diving, 1-Meter diving
 
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